User talk:Sheridan

stuff I should remember when Wiki-ing
Must remember to use the ~ when I need to sign my name on talk pages (Ta, Jim).

experiments
Just playing in a sandbox (sheridan 04:30, 2004 Sep 1 (UTC)) Just playing a bit more (at the same time (sheridan)

the bit where I invite you to comment on whatever I've done, or just to say 'hi'
Hi, and welcome. Please see my comment at sunbird, but thanks for the interest anyway. If you want to sign your comments, you can do so by typing three tildes. A fourth tilde adds the date and time. Thanks, jimfbleak 06:43, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)


 * Interesting that you found my sunbird/hummingbird comment USA-centric, since I'm a Brit who regularly lambasts the Americans for that fault! jimfbleak 08:22, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)


 * Well, I took it as assuming everyone will know what a Hummingbird was, and that the Sunbird was the European version of this, which (in my view) make the article look like it was aimed at 'mericans only (rather than anyone who speaks English, which I think is the only bais that is meant to be inherent in en.wikipedia.org). Some interesting points have been raised about the use of the word 'American' (think it was on List of Americans) which points out (amongst other things) that Spanish use of the term America refers to both North and South America (and presumably the people who live in both continents), while in many (won't say all) English-speaking countries the term is practically analogous to those from the USA (much to the chagrin of Canadians, Mexicans, et al). Perhaps a case of those who shout loudest getting there way? - Sheridan

silsor 03:12, Dec 13, 2004 (UTC)
 * To elaborate "it's" expands to "it is" which makes your sentence complete gibberish, that is "and used in the same way as it's source words." means "and used in the same way as it is source words." -- Ævar Arnfjörð [ Bjarmason]   03:15, 2004 Dec 13 (UTC)
 * Oops, Bob doesn't actually cover "its" and "it's". "its" is always the possessive and "it's" is always a contraction of "it is". silsor 03:19, Dec 13, 2004 (UTC)


 * I didn't say that "it's" was a contraction though, I said it was a possessive, as is backed up by Bob sheridan 03:44, 2004 Dec 13 (UTC)


 * "It's" isn't a possessive. "Its" is a possessive. Fnord. -- Cyrius|✎ 23:23, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)

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Hello. Any admin can fix typos on the MainPage. Where is it ? Please tell us on Talk:Main Page. Thanks. -- PFHLai 10:13, 2005 Feb 15 (UTC)
 * Found it & fixed it. :-) -- PFHLai 10:17, 2005 Feb 15 (UTC)

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